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XOP Climber seat as climber and platform?

Well after several climbs, I am thinking about dumbing the xop hand climber idea. It does not seem to be an easy climbing method. At least for me. I am always a sweaty mess by the time I get to 18ft and it is very loud on pine trees. Readjusting the belt is also cumbersome. I use a rch and it may be more comfortable in a kestrel or mantis to free hang? Also, I have had the thing slip down while I was adjusting my tether and I almost got my hand caught between tether and tree with my body weight cinching it down. Not good. This method might also be easier with a strap style tether like in the video rather than my rope and ropeman? My only other option is the summit mod but I am not sure I understand how the pins work.


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I didn’t realize there was a ball detent in the pins used on here. Either way I went with a different type of pin. This is made from 1” Aluminum I got at lowes. Will this be safe to use or should I look at steel as Fayettekong did?

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Sorry I’m new here and just found this old thread. Does anyone know where I can get just the Lone Wolf traction belt and the cam locking brackets ? I want to make a “gizmo” but would rather not buy a complete climber and disassemble it for parts. Thanks
 
Aqualazer1 said:
Sorry I’m new here and just found this old thread. Does anyone know where I can get just the Lone Wolf traction belt and the cam locking brackets ? I want to make a “gizmo” but would rather not buy a complete climber and disassemble it for parts. Thanks
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They used to sell them on the lone wolf or XOP website.


See you in a tree, Ricky
 
Aqualazer1 said:
Sorry I’m new here and just found this old thread. Does anyone know where I can get just the Lone Wolf traction belt and the cam locking brackets ? I want to make a “gizmo” but would rather not buy a complete climber and disassemble it for parts. Thanks
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Opticsplanet.com is selling LW climber replacement belts.
 
Aqualazer1 said:
Sorry I’m new here and just found this old thread. Does anyone know where I can get just the Lone Wolf traction belt and the cam locking brackets ? I want to make a “gizmo” but would rather not buy a complete climber and disassemble it for parts. Thanks
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If you don’t necesarilly want the trac belt etc, I believe you can get summit cables and then use hardware that is readily available to use them.
 
pesqimon said:
If you don’t necesarilly want the trac belt etc, I believe you can get summit cables and then use hardware that is readily available to use them.
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Alternatively you could find the people here that have done the summit cable mod and see if they’d sell the parts you’re asking about.
 
I have the parts from a failed LWHC. Just the actually platform has a flaw where the infamous bolt mod was done. It actually has still worked for me on about 6 hunts at 250lbs. Any way, I have the belt, arms and the arm bolts.


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